Yahoo to webcast free episodes of CBS comedies
Joining the trend of TV shows migrating to the Internet, a pair of episodes from the CBS comedies “Two and a Half Men” and “How I Met Your Mother” are being offered for free video streaming this week from the Yahoo website.
Available through Monday, the half-hour shows, which aired earlier this season, will be available in their entirety and without commercials, CBS and Yahoo said. It is the first time that Yahoo is streaming episodes of a CBS series in their entirety.
The special webcasts are part of a growing movement of TV shows being made available to viewers through streaming video on their computers or via downloads to other devices.
For instance, with the recent introduction of Apple’s video iPod, ABC began making available reruns of series including “Lost” and “Desperate Housewives” for download to iPods at $1.99 per episode. NBC offers same-night replay of “Nightly News” online at no charge.
And AOL will soon make available episodes from about 30 classic TV series for viewing on an online AOL channel.
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